Dyson Heydon didn't accept that merely agreeing to give the Sir Garfield Barwick lecture could create an appearance of bias. Judges and royal commissioners are allowed to have political views, he said.

Commissioner Dyson Heydon during a hearing of the Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption in August.
AAP Image/Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and CorruptionAugust 31, 2015

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